Environment Variable Config Files: The Final Word!

[travlr]

I'd like to get the final word on environment variable configuration file locations. I'm then going to post the final word, in a simple and expressive entry on the wiki.

I want to determine all the locations of files that affect an environment. Also how it affects the certain environments. We're talking about the console (login and non-login) the X windowing system, the desktop manager (gdm/kdm/xdm), AND etc....!

I also want to specify the hierarchy of the file sourcing (ex. ~/.bash_profile sources ~/.bashrc, or whatever)

I'm going to cross post this on the ubuntu and kubuntu forms. I will cross post informative replies to synch the information.

The following lists the category of questions I have. As information comes in I will edit this post to localize all the information.

Any additional information not already covered, will also be greatly appeciated.

1. ~/.bash_profile
2. ~/.bashrc
3. ~/.bash_login
4. /etc/environment
5. /etc/bash.bashrc
6. /etc/profile
7. .xsession
8. ldconfig -V <libpath> ...for LD_LIBRARY_PATH
9. sourcing hierarchy
10. desktop manager config files
11. ANY OTHER VARIABLE LOCATION OF IMPORTANCE, NOT MENTIONED

Thanks for your help,
-travlr

[askrieger]

Re: Environment Variable Config Files: The Final Word!

Wow! There's nothing like trying to achieve a really big goal. I suspect that you will fall short because you're aiming at a moving target. Configuration file contents change as the software that they configure changes. In addition, even configuration file locations are a function of the distro. (I assume you're interested primarily (*)buntu configurations.)